When Will Housing Talk Become Homes?
With an average rental price of more than $4,000 for the average apartment and record-low vacancies, I had been unwillingly thrust into one of the most competitive and expensive housing markets in the country.
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Is the Bicycle Movement Failing Santa Barbara?
Ridership is decreasing, injuries are increasing.
Free Speech on College Campuses
Kent State students were protesting America’s bombings in Cambodia. Today’s students are protesting Israel’s indiscriminate bombings of civilians in Gaza.
Connection in the Classroom
Superintendent Hilda Maldonado and the school board definitely don’t hear teachers saying we need a salary increase that would bring us closer to making ends meet, and one that would be an incentive, rather than a deterrent, for teachers interested in working for our district.
May 3 Vote Could Be the Beginning of a Housing Crisis Turnaround
Finding a balance between state mandates, business interests, and what the community needs.
Community over Celebrity
A children’s soccer match should epitomize innocence and the love of sport, but a celebrity’s heedless urge to win became an ugly factor at Girsh Park recently.
From ‘Legend’ to ‘Royal Expert’
This writing business had a much higher mortality rate than I’d expected. It was like ‘Dawn of the Dead’ out there.
Here’s the Real Reason PG&E Rates Are Skyrocketing in California
The California Public Utilities Commission allow a $2.56 billion increase by 2026, in addition to increases for costs of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
Santa Barbara County’s Traffic Plan: Not Good
The county proposes to approve projects without reducing the project density when the cost to mitigate traffic impacts makes the project economically infeasible, according to the developer.
Why the County Should Rezone All of the Sites Identified in Its Housing Element
CHC is concerned the process the County has undertaken in the implementation of Program 1 in the Housing Element could have an unintended negative impact on local housing production.